· 1962 – Indo-Chinese War started by China in frustration at lack of progress in settling border demarcation. To India’s shame, Chinese living in the border areas affected by the war were detained at Deoli, Rajasthan a camp set up by the British for Japanese prisoners but not used until then. Also, India defined ‘Chinese’ as anyone with at least one grandparent of Chinese ethnic origin, similar to the Nazi definition of a Jew! Even second and third generation migrants were treated as ‘undesirable’ aliens.

· 1964 – First prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru dies
· 1965 – 2nd Indo-Pakistani War
· 1966 — Prime-minister Lal Bahadur Shastri dies at Indo-Pakistan summit shortly after the peace treaty is signed; Indira Gandhi, daughter of Nehru (no relative of the Mahatma), becomes Prime Minister
· 1971 – 3rd Indo-Pakistani War which started as a civil war in East Pakistan which escalated and India got involved and ended with the creation of Bangladesh.

· 1972 – The Simla Agreement is signed between Indira Gandhi (daughter of the first premier Jawaharlal Nehru, a Kashmiri Brahmin living in Allahabad, who married Feroz Gandhi, a Parsi also from Allahabad) and Zia A. Bhutto (who was later executed some say on false charges and father of Benazir Bhutto, who was later assassinated in her own country).

· 1975-77 – State of Emergency declared due to internal threats, mainly the rise of Sikh separatism.

· 1984 – Operation Bluestar launched against the separatist Sikhs hiding in the Golden Temple at Amritsar, subsequent assassination of Indira Gandhi, and violence against Sikhs.

· 1989 – National Congress Party loses general elections for first time.